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Analysis and perspective from the Novatech Defence team on the strategies, procurement models, and industry shifts shaping UK defence capability. Written by the people working these programmes daily.

The Defence Investment Plan: How to Navigate the Next 2 to 5 Years of IT Procurement

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August 2026 Edition

The Defence Investment Plan: How to Navigate the Next 2 to 5 Years of IT Procurement

The Defence Investment Plan will drive significant new IT demand just as supply tightens. In this edition of Tech SITREP, Dan Arnold and Ben Curtis discuss what it means for buyers and how to navigate procurement over the next two to five years.

When Pace Really Matters: Why Defence Procurement Needs Agility, Not Speed

August 2026 Edition

When Pace Really Matters: Why Defence Procurement Needs Agility, Not Speed

"At pace" has become defence procurement's favourite word, but pace describes how fast you move, never whether you are moving in the right direction. Learn why agility, not speed, is the capability the sector actually needs.

Tech Exploitation for Mission Planning and Rehearsal: Closing the Gap Between Innovation and the Front Line

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Tech Exploitation for Mission Planning and Rehearsal: Closing the Gap Between Innovation and the Front Line

A gap has opened between the technology defence develops and the static tools troops actually use to plan. Learn how deployable, interactive rehearsal capability can close it.

How The Global Component Shortage Squeezes Specialist Manufacturers

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How The Global Component Shortage Squeezes Specialist Manufacturers

While mainstream IT dominates the headlines, specialist hardware manufacturers face a quieter crisis. Learn how the DRAM shortage and HBM pivot are squeezing ruggedised and Military Standard builders.

What Rack Integration Actually Means For Defence Infrastructure

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What Rack Integration Actually Means For Defence Infrastructure

The gap between a hardware delivery and a working capability is measured in weeks of skilled labour. Learn what rack integration actually involves, and why defence access, deployment, and lead times make pre-delivery integration the only model that fits.

Defence Insights: You are not buying products. You are buying a working system

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Defence Insights: You are not buying products. You are buying a working system

The kit arrives. The vendor leaves. Your team spends months turning boxes into a system. Dan Arnold, Defence Business Development Manager explains why the product procurement model keeps failing defence programmes and what solutions-based buying actually looks like.

Why collaboration has never been more important in UK Defence Manufacturing

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Why collaboration has never been more important in UK Defence Manufacturing

UK defence is changing faster than procurement cycles were built to handle. Dan Arnold, Novatech Defence, on why collaboration between primes and SMEs is no longer optional and what separates the organisations that will lead from those that will follow.